Device for decorating walls and similar surfaces



G. A. NEWMAN navlps FOR DECORATING WALLS AND SIMILAR SURFACES Filed Dec. 1a, 1926 Inven for: George Nekvman titan-eggs.

Patented Dec. 1928. J

iteaolo GEORGE A. EWMAN; OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DEVICE FOR DECORATING W LLS AND sINILAn SURFACES.

Applicatio n fil ed December 13,1926. SerialNo. 154,441.

My invention relates to devices for decoratmg walls and similar surfaces. An ob ect of the lIlVGIltlOll is to provide a device'by means of which walls and similar surfaces I may be decorated much more expeditiously and conveniently than by the customary method of stenciling patterns thereon. 'The device embodied in thepresent invention is in the nature of an improvement on the device 1 disclosed in my patent No. 1,607,295 dated November 16, 1926, in the use of which device paint is applied to a pattern in relief carried by a base member and the pattern is pressed while the paint thereon is still wet, upon successive portions of the wall, additional paint being supplied from time to time as required to impart the proper amount of paint to the wall. In the device of the'present application, a pattern in relief is produced by means secured to the base member by an adhesive. In this manner on account of the absorbent material, the number of times it is necessary to recharge the pattern with paint-is reduced to a minimum.

The full objectsand advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof, and the novel features of my inventiveidea will be particu-' V A device for decorating walls comprising larly pointed out inthe claim.

In theaccompanying drawings which illustrate my invention in two slightly different forms, a

Fig. 1 is a face view of'the device. a Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 but showing a slight modification. 1

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a base member consisting of flexible sheet material which may be translucent of finely-divided pieces of absorbent material rated.

paper. A pattern in relief designated by the numeral 12 is produced on one'side of. the base member by means of absorbent material sesured thereto byan adhesive such as glue.

The absorbent material preferably consists of finely divided pieces of sponge.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, the-base member consists of a block 10 to which the pattern 12 is secured in the manner stated;

I The operation and advantages of my invention will now be obvious. the employment of finely divided pieces of a On account of absorbent material for producing the raised pattern, it is comparatively easy to outline the pattern and secure the absorbent material within the outlines of thepattern by means of-an adhesive. In the use of the device,

paint of the desired color. is applied to the pattern Which is then pressed upon successive portions of the surface which is to be deco- Additional paint is applied to the absorbent material constituting the pattern from time to time as necessary to impart the proper amount of paint.

On account of the absorbent nature of the pattern, the device replenishing the paint than would otherwise i be the case.

I claim:

a fiat base member having a pattern outlined thereon and finely divided pieces of sponge slgnature.

GEORGE A. NEWMAN.

can be used for a much longer time without. 

